Commonwealth v. Brown

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “where a defendant pleads guilty pursuant to a plea agreement specifying particular penalties, the defendant may not seek a discretionary appeal related to those agreed upon penalties”
• concluding that the appellant, who entered a -3- J-S19007-22 negotiated guilty plea that specifically left the maximum term of his sentence to the trial court’s discretion, could challenge the discretionary aspects of that sentence
• stating that an open guilty plea does not preclude a challenge to the discretionary aspects of sentencing
• stating that “where a defendant pleads guilty pursuant to a plea agreement specifying particular penalties, the defendant may not seek a discretionary appeal relating to those agreed-upon penalties.” (citation removed)
• holding -8- J-S36043-21 that a claim that state incarceration was unreasonable because Brown committed a non-violent offense and was not confrontational during court proceedings did not present a substantial question
• stating that if the maximum term is left to the court’s discretion, the appellant “has not waived the right to seek an appeal challenging the sentencing court’s discretion in imposing a maximum term”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Heaster
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-09-18· cited 73×
• Commonwealth v. Nobles
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-10-31· cited 9×
• Commonwealth v. Vidal
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-10-31· cited 6×
• Com. v. Harris, T.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2026-02-09

Cites

1 case in this archive is cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Dalberto
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-07-19· cited 152×